My chondro suddenly refused f/t mouse

[asplundii]

as you can see, asp and myself have different methods. I wouldn't say either one is wrong, so many people do it so many different ways and a lot of them seem to work out fine.

Yes indeed and I was not trying to say you were wrong My concern was more that, as an unsexed, it was a youngin and 2 weeks without for a youngin might cause problems...

Cheapest light you can get that he can not see (debatable) is a standard red light for heating.

You can get CF black lights for pretty cheap. And I was not shooting so much for not see as not disturb much. Black lights throw a softer glow (that some will argue is akin to moonlight, not sure I buy that but...) than a flashlight. That softer glow would allow him to see the snake and such without the harder glaring light of a flash light

[DavidG]

http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showthread.php?t=86766

This is his post with pics. Might help you out with age.

[asplundii]

Thanks for the link. I'll look it over. Have to run now but I'll check this first thing in the a.m. when I get to work.

ANd DS, if you ned a good vet who knows chondros let me know. I know a guy here in Atl.

[DSGB]

Thanks guys. I don't have a scale but id say he is around 100 grams or more.

And yes i heat the mouse up with a hair dryer.

[DavidG]

And yes i heat the mouse up with a hair dryer.

Seems overly complicated to me. Why not just a bowl of hot water?

[Brandon Osborne]

Seems overly complicated to me. Why not just a bowl of hot water?

Most of my chondros will not accept wet mice....strike, wrap, and drop. Hot water and a bag work ok. I just use a lamp or heat pad. Sometimes steam heat works great too. I know several people that use hair dryers.

Will, I wouldn't worry too much about chondros feeding every time you offer. I have some males that eat only 10-12 meals per year. One male in particular is 14 years old and a breeding machine. Females rarely refuse food with the exception of shedding, reproduction, or illness. There are plenty of tricks to getting them to feed.

[DSGB]

Thanks Brandon and everyone else. I'm just gonna leave him be for a week or so and offer again. The first time he ate for me was during the day, maybe ill try that again. He seems a bit more aware and spunky today on his new perch.

[Wh00h0069]

Chondros caudal lure. Sometimes, if you gently tap/bump the tip of their tail with the food item, it will elicit an instinctual feed response.

Sorry to bring up an old post, but I just wanted to say that I did try the tail tapping method with my new Chondro, and it worked like a charm. He refused a f/t mouse one week, and started to the next week. I was about to give up, but remembered this post. I gently tapped his tail with the mouse a few times, and he struck, coiled, and ate. Thanks again asplundii!

[DSGB]

Great news, He ate, crapped and had a complete shed all between 2-8a.m. last night now he is nice and firey.

[Lucas339]

sounds like it didn't want to eat due to a shed coming on. now you know for next time on this guy! it seems (and maybe someone else will back me up on this) that these guys have their own individual ways of doing things. so this may be a pattern for your GTP.